Complex Systems: Department of Physics and Astronomy

Complex Systems

Dec

2025

Complex Systems Seminar: Gentian Muhaxheri: "Collective Memory Formation in Networks of Hysteretic Elements”

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars

Many driven systems in condensed matter, such as sheared amorphous solids, compressed crumpled sheets, and disordered magnets, undergo complex sequences...

Dec

2025

Special Complex Systems Seminar: Theodore Faust: TBA

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars

Abstract: TBA Theodore Faust, Postdoctoral Scholar, Southern Methodist University Host: Istvan Kovacs

Jan

2026

Complex Systems Seminar: Zheng Shi: "Decoding Mechanical Signals at the Subcellular Level"

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars

The surface of a cell experiences frequent stretching and compression. The resulting membrane tension is converted to intracellular electrochemical signals...